Australia, correctly in my view, does not have a Bill of Rights, so our legislatures have more say than Americas over many issues of individual rights, and our courts have less control. Also, we have no constitutional right to bear arms.

I assume that a mechanism is built into Australia’s Constitution to amend it,just as is the case with ours.I could be wrong but I get the distinct sense that Aussies and Canadians,both of whom we have much in common with,have a deeper intrinsic trust in their leaders than do we.If that works for them that’s cool.If I’m wrong then they can amend their Constitution to establish something resembling our Second Amendment.

Our Constitution would not have been ultimately ratified had it not contained the Bill of Rights. The Federalists (Hamilton, et als), who championed a strong national government opposed a Bill of Rights, but the Anti-Federalists, who saw in the original draft of the Constitution some real danger to the people and the states via the implied powers of the national government under the Necessary and Proper Clause, insisted on a Bill of Rights. Thank God for the Anti-Federalists!

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posted on 01/18/2013 4:14:26 PM PST
by ought-six
( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)

At least the guy recognizes the Second Amendment as the legitimate bar on this sort of high-handed government activity that it was designed to be. That’s more than you can say for most of 0bama’s little elves.

Mr Howard seems to lack a deep understanding of our Constitution,those who originally enacted it and at least one of our Supreme Court's recent decisions.If I'm correct it's certainly understandable,just as our politicians being unfamiliar with theirs.I'm pinging a couple of Aussies with whom I'm familiar to see what,if anything,they have to say on the issue.However,they're having a nasty summer heat wave right now so they might be otherwise occupied.

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and even India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and South Africa ~ all formerly governed by British law ~ continue to operate according to the standards normal in a class society where some are nobles with all the privileges, and everybody else is just a commoner.

Such people can never understand freedom.

Someday I'd like or a USPresident demand that the corrupt Aussie gub'mnt FREE THE SERFS

http://www.wnd.com/2001/03/8340/ EXCERPT: Twenty-six percent of English citizens  roughly one-quarter of the population  have been victimized by violent crime. Australia led the list with more than 30 percent of its population victimized. The United States didnt even make the top 10″ list of industrialized nations whose citizens were victimized by crime.

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posted on 01/18/2013 4:37:03 PM PST
by 21twelve
("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)

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